KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - JAMAICAN manufacturers of some key items are likely to have their profit margins squeezed by higher duties in the Canadian export market, if Caricom fails to reach a new trade agreement with the North American country before year end. Pepper sauce and rum exports top th...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - THE population of developed countries is ageing rapidly as people in those affluent societies live longer as a consequence of good nutrition and better health care, as well — a drop in the birth rate, reflecting more women in the workforce and the desire for fewer...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - IN his report on Jamaica's epic 0-0 draw against mighty Mexico in the Azteca stadium in Mexico City on Wednesday night, Sports Editor Mr Ian Burnett asks the rhetorical question "who would have thought it possible?" Truth is, not many of us. The Reggae Boyz, their...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - THE big storm heading for the United States Northeast is already disrupting air travel. United Airlines said it has cancelled 900 flights for today in advance of the storm. Delta Air Lines Inc cancelled 740. New England could get smacked with up to two feet (0.6 metr...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - In the midst of the election fever heating up Barbadians, one noteworthy occasion passed with very little fanfare – World Cancer Day. Observed on February 4 every year, this year’s theme, “Together It Is Possible”, seeks to focus on screening ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - In the effort to address the situation with CLICO, the leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is suggesting that Barbados should begin by focusing on its own people and attend to the needs of others after. At a spot meeting in Amity Lodge, Christ Church last night...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News - Obviously, when we focused, in last Friday’s editorial, on PJ Patterson’s cry from the heart and forthright warning about the perils of neglecting Caricom, we thought that his argument was well reasoned and very persuasive. We still do. He and we may, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The police in the central parish of Clarendon have four Haitians in their custody, two have been charged with illegal entry. According to reports here, two Haitian men were picked up on the weekend by the police as they carried out spot checks in the parish. It was the...

Government confident of accessing millions to complete new international airport KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Feb 8, CMC - The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government says it is confident it will this year raise the US$80 million needed to complete the international airport at Argyle. The EC$652 millio...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says the United States and other countries have failed to properly screen Haitian migrants interdicted at sea to ascertain whether they have “a credible fear” of violence and persecution. “People should...